excuses for the appallingly low standard of vehicle maintenance which was shown up by the recent DTp exercise on the A2 (CM 21...

• Iveco Ford Truck starts trading officially next Tuesday, but it has still to name which dealers are about to be left Out in...

• The long-term future of Bedford's truck business has been clouded in new doubts following an 18% leap in its losses last year...

• Frontier checks on lorry and trailer dimensions in the EEC will become a thing of the past under a directive agreed by EEC...

• The MoT test fee for light commercials and cars with an unladen kerbweight of up to 1,525kg is to go up from 210.70 to 211.90...

• The London Dockland Corporation and the Del); ment of Transport are di,9 sing proposals for a 220( million dual carriageway r...

• A full-scale scare involving a lorry carrying highly toxic chemicals resulted in major traffic disruption in the Scottish...

Oil company pricing policy dery over the past two iths has fairly reflected the ket price, says Consumer irs Minister Michael...

The Government has d out holding up a second ern crossing until studies been completed on a Se barrage. cads Minister Peter...

• The proposed £1.9 million lorry park project for Bellshill, near Glasgow, which StrathalIan Enterprises has steered through...

• The Road Haulage Association and Freight Transport Association hope to improve the image of the industry on environmental and...

• The Conservativecontrolled London Boroughs Association (LBA) is expected to call for the abolition of the Greater London...

• A 2,59 million improvement scheme for bottlenecks on the A406 North Circular in London has been announced by Roads Minister...

• Junior Transport Minister Peter Bottomley is to take on responsibility for tolled estuarine crossings, Transport Secretary...

• CM's technical editor Bill Brock took the wheel for the first leg of the Econocruise Economy Drive this week. A team of...

• BLACK CAT II, the distinctive Foden 6x4 tractive unit that was one of the stars of last month's CM Truckfest, has been stolen...

• Land Rover launched its latest forward-control vehicle at the British Army Equipment Exhibition at Aldershot to assess its...

• The Supacat 6x6 Mk 3 range is now being built by Fairey Engineering at Stockport with a change of e gine and transmission....

• Esarco vehicles, based on Land Rover components, are now being built to MoD standard 05-21 by Laird (Anglesea) Ltd. Twelve...

• Despite this week's jobloss announcement, Bedford's military vehicle production remains healthy. Following the successful...

A Swedish vehiclemted video system, deted to help drivers reverse . e safely, has become liable in the UK. 'he 1978...

• Liquids, Powders and Gas Transport of Batley, West Yorkshire, is taking delivery of the first three Belgian-built LAG spirit...

The Ton-Tel single-axle hbridge, developed Malty by Griffith Elder of Bury St Edmunds for farm use, is being offered on onroad...

/ Leyland, Volvo and Enasa are considering offering an instant and average fuel consumption measuring instrument as an option...

• A West German company, Gesellschaft fur Systemtechnik of Essen, has developed a test vehicle to combat oil spillages. Its...

• A lorry driver sacked by Geest, Britain's largest importer of fruit and vegetables, was unfairly dismissed for refusing to...

• Although Goole-based A and W International's operator's licence has been renewed by North Eastern Deputy Licensing Authority...

• Lorry drivers working 24 hours at a stretch, non-stop journeys of more than 1,450km (900 miles) and secret payments to...

A Government-appointed !ssor has been called in to I determine whether the essor to a recently coled Birmingham haulage ness...

No action has been taken nst a licence of a Lancae haulier who admitted g a stolen excise licence Naught for 2500 from a man...

• Plans by Lancashire haulage contractor Thomas Harwood and Sons to take over the depot of Bolton Transport and Trading Co as...

• An accountant's report published last week supports BRS's claims that contract hire is the most attractive option for...

• Daf Trucks president Aart van der Padt last week tightened the final bolts needed in the construction of the company's new...

• Mercedes-Benz's transport consultancy department will improve its transport management Fleet Information Service (FIS) next...

The long-awaited managemt buy-out at TIP-Europe taken place, with managing ector Jim Cleary and 22 ler directors paying Celco )...

Dunkirk, France's second ;est cross channel freight t, is gearing up to meet challenge of the Channel inel, with a 210 million...

.11 The growth in commercial traffic over the past four years is now showing signs of levelling out, according to the...

• As part of a "total re-assessment of its marketing stance" Lowfield Distribution is adopting a revised livery. The house...

• Swedish drivers' success in this year's round of European truck driving championships was repeated at the Clausthaler Truck...

championship — was lijork, followed by British driver Willie Green in a Cummins-engined ERF C-Series and Borgudd in third...

• An extra 200 new coach parking spaces have been agreed at various central London sites in an attempt to reduce congestion....

• West German engineering company Voith is developing an automatic transmission suitable for midi and mini buses to meet new...

• Tayside Region's roads and transport committee wants to oust three directors from the board of the Tayside Public Transport...

• National Welsh has survived an independent's claim that its local authority subsidies give it an unfair commercial advantage...

• David Jones has joined the board of P&O Roadways. He remains responsible for P&O Contract Hire, the group's expanding vehicle...

• Tate and Lyle Distribution Services has made Ken Clarke depot manager of its new Kingswinford branch in the West Midlands....

• A new chairman and chief executive officer has been appointed by Crane Fruehauf, Britain's largest trailer and semi-trailer...

• Brian France has been made director of finance of the National Bus Company. He takes over from Harold Taylor who, with the...

• Lowfield Distribution, part of the general products division of Imperial Foods, has made John Toyne personnel director....

• We record with regret the death of Eddie Hirst, who joined Commercial Motor in June 1938, became northern regional manager...

• Following the acquisition a the Kenning Motor Group by Tozer, Kernsley and Millboum, Les Taylor has been appointed chief...

systems for garages and motor dealers is now available from Datawork Computer Services of Portsmouth. Programmes for parts...

new distributor in Milton Keynes for its comprehensive range of trailer equipment, including the advanced Indair suspension...

in Glasgow is the venue for the Scottish Handling and Storage Exhibition on October 29 and 30. The show will cover the latest...

Girling range of brake parts for all sizes and types of commercial vehicle, known as the G560, is now available. It includes...

wheel locks, aimed at deterring the theft of wheels and tyres, has been introduced by Astrali Accessories (Midlands) of...

commercial vehicle sale recently held at NFC Car Auctions site at Yal near Bristol (0454 317000) hi ved such a success that...

WING HOURS ANGES TDT Management Sern Ltd is running seminars ts Kelvedon Training Itre, and at operators mises, on the new EEC...

clock and watch testing division, the Vibrograf B200 series of vehicle tachograph calibrators will now be marketed by Telsonic...

DORNOCK BRIDGE • Scottish Secretary Malcolm Rifkind, has confirmed that plans are to proceed to provide a road crossing of the...

• The following major roadworks could cause delays to operators and drivers and should be borne in mind when route planning....

Drawbar combinations offer several advantages over the standard 7.5 and 12.5 tonners on urban delivery, but the concept still...

Perkins has surprised many industry observers with its purchase of Rolls-Royce diesels and Gardner, while arch-rival Cummins...

Daf's 2100 two-axle dropframe rigid and Besco's Eurowall insulated body make a winning distribution combination for a London...

Of the 40 vehicles operated by Edmondsons Transport of Lancaster, 36 are now Mercedes 1633 tractor units and 1617 rigids. "Not...

Diesel panel van C964GNM has made a good start in its first term with us. It could do better on economy, however, and is...

Is it not time that someng was done about an exisive evil that we all have endure at some time, and ne of us more often? I 'el"...

MI I refer to the article - Thumbs-up for M6 Lights" (CM, May 31). I would draw your attention to the fact that a system of...

Econouise Economy Drive '86. A • e-day non-stop journey owid Britain to demonstrate e benefits of the Econouise speed limiter...

• Whatever potential changes in transport regulations are discussed, the need to possess a Certificate of Professional...

not see in the Seychelles next winter when, with his wife, he enjoys his prize in a recent Monsanto Clear Pass competition....

cabs recently turned the clock back to the 1960s, and for a few weeks a ghost from the past elegantly graced the Motor Panels...

available in the Britool impact socket range. They are suitable for use with all bolt-releasing and tightening equipment and...

vinyl to its range of self-adhesive poster films which it guarantees will obscure any printing or graph ics over which it is...

heves is the first truck and s wiper refill suitable for all pular models. The Fasfit, igle length refill is claimed fit all...

The Sacmi backhoe from Colchester Tillage is designed to be attached to vehicles in the seven tonne and above class and is...

conference. We present digests of speakers' papers — which encompass technical developments, the road system, an operator's...

Richard Turner, the Freight Transport Association's director of planning, explains why the make-do-andmend approach to road...

'if's growth in the UK has been ipid, but not without regard to wironmental problems. Group fleet - igineer Alan Parker...

The road transport lobby should not push too hard for a 40-tonne weight limit — it will come anyway, argues Reg Dawson, civil...